Organisations

EXTO conducts research in four focused research groups 1) BIPS: Physiology & neuropsychology of sleep, sleeplessness and cognitive performance 2) SOSP: Social cognitive neuroscience The way our brain builds up impressions about other people is a major topic of research at the V.U.B. We make use of the most modern techniques using brain imaging to study this, including ERP and fMRI. 3) COPS: Attention and implicit learning, including: * ...

Learning and memory processes in psychological function and dysfunction, in particular in relation to anxiety, depression and substance use, including:

• - Basic and applied research on emotional changes, especially with regard to anxiety and depression.
• - The role of classical (Pavlovian) conditioning in evaluative processes.
• - Psychophysiological measurements with computer-assisted data ...

Social and cultural psychology studies how people interactand how they think and feel about one another and about the world, both as individuals and as groups. It starts from the premise that all behavior is contextualized, and conversely, that individuals' and groups' behaviors constitute the social and cultural landscape. Our research spans a wide range of different methods and contexts, varying from controlled laboratory ...

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Biomedical variables generally explain only a part of a person’s experience of health and illness and in many instances a novel approach including social and psychological influences is needed. The KU Leuven Research Group “Health Psychology” aims at unravelling how psychological and somatic variables interact in health and disease from a psycho-bio-social perspective. Both fundamental and applied research ...

The Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences consists of 8 research units: Occupational & Organisational Psychology and Professional Learning; Brain and Cognition; Education, Culture and Society; Parenting and Special Education; Behaviour, Health and Psychopathology; Methods, Individual and Cultural Differences, Affect and Social Behavior; Education and Training; School Psychology and Child and Adolescent Development.

Within KU Leuven, the Media Psychology Lab focuses on the use of information and entertainment media (including social media, ICT, television, games, and mobile devices), and how this use can have a positive and/or negative impact on the physical, psychological, and social well-being of individuals.
Digital media technologies today influence all aspects of individual development, social life, and society. The MediaPsych Lab has a strong ...

department with education and research on:

    Cognitive Psychology
    Atypical development
    Personality & Psychopathology
    Diagnostics & Treatment
    Clinical Experimental Psychology
    Biological Psychology
    Social Psychology
    Work and Organizational ...

The research group of Clinical Psychology investigates: (a) processes in the development and course of psychological problems and psychopathology, and (b) the development of assessment and intervention methods.

The research group consists of the following researchers (in alphabetical order):

Clinical Psychology, option (young) adults

Laurence Claes

Her research is situated in the domain of (a) clinical ...